18-05-2009, 10:45 AM
Odd slant to this article, I thought, especially when one recalls that Sibel Edmonds principal whistle-blowing story was an important one, namely about the American-Turkish Council drug and gun running activities which have already been discussed elsewhere on this forum.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14